Special Monsters

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Most monsters in the Kingdom have set attributes that are, apart from a small variance, fixed. Dairy goats, for instance, all come with more or less the same attack, defense, HP, XP, and initiative; those attributes completely define their behavior in combat and the consequent stat gains and rewards.

There are a few special monsters, however; either their stats or their combat behavior follow different mechanics.

Special Monster Statistics

Monster	Attack (ML)	Defense	XP	HP	Initiative	Notes
Feast of Boris Monsters	Moxie - 5?	Muscle - 5?	Atk / 4	HP * ?
El Dia de Los Muertos Borrachos Monsters	Moxie - 5?	Muscle - 5?	Atk / 4?	HP * ?
The Worm Wood Monsters	Moxie * 1.1 + ML, capped at 125+ML	Muscle + ML, capped at 125+ML	Atk / 4	Def * 0.8		Doesn't count ML from Radio etc.
Mt Molehill Monsters	Moxie + ML, capped at 200+ML	Muscle + ML, capped at 200+ML	Atk / 4	Def * 0.75
The Red Queen's Garden Monsters	Moxie + ML, capped at 200+ML	Muscle + ML, capped at 200+ML	Atk / 4	Def * 0.75
Hipster Monsters	Moxie + ML, capped at 10,000 + ML	Muscle + ML, capped at 10,000 + ML	Atk / 4	Def * 0.75
Space Monsters	Moxie + ML, various caps	Muscle + ML, various caps	Atk / 4	Def * 0.75		Caps not affected by ML
Hidden Temple Monsters	Moxie + ML, capped at 50 + ML	Muscle + ML, capped at 50 + ML	Atk / 4	Def * 0.75
Baa'baa'bu'ran	Moxie + 10 + ML, capped at 100 + ML	Muscle + 10 + ML, capped at 100 + ML	Atk / 4	Def * 0.75
Clan of Cave Bars	Moxie + 20 + ML * 5, capped at 200 + ML * 5	Muscle + 20 + ML * 5, capped at 200 + ML * 5	Atk / 4	Def * 0.75
Low Level Bee Monsters	Moxie + ML, uncapped	Muscle + ML, uncapped	Atk / 4	Def * 0.75
Mid Level Bee Monsters	Moxie + 20 + ML, uncapped	Muscle + 20 + ML, uncapped	Atk / 4	Def * 0.75
High Level Bee Monsters	Moxie + 40 + ML, uncapped	Muscle + 40 + ML, uncapped	Atk / 4	Def * 0.75
Baron von Ratsworth	Moxie + (3 + number of ascensions, max 12)	Muscle + (3 + number of ascensions, max 12)	Atk / 4?	HP * 1.25
The Guy Made Of Bees	100,000	100,000	40	100,000	0%
Sorceress Tower Monsters	100,000	100,000	40	100,000	0%
Your Shadow	Special	Special	200	385-402	150%
Naughty Sorceress, Form 1	~190	~180	0	~416	Infinite?
Naughty Sorceress, Form 2	~205	~195	0	~620	Infinite?
Naughty Sorceress, Form 3	1,000,000	1,000,000	500	1,000,000	Unknown
Crimbco Cubicles Monsters (without a CRIMBCO lanyard equipped)	9-11	9-11	Atk/4	9-11	?
Crimbco Cubicles Monsters (with a CRIMBCO lanyard equipped)	Moxie	Muscle	Atk/4	0.75 * Muscle	?
The Candy Diorama monsters (with a tourmalime tourniquet equipped)	Moxie	Muscle	Atk/4	0.75 * Muscle	?

Notes

• The basic outline: a scaling monster's attack matches your moxie, and its defense matches your muscle, plus or minus a (typically small constant) factor, and often subject to minimum/maximum caps.
• Monster Level modifiers affect most, but not all, scaling monsters. These adjustments typically apply after the min/max caps.
• Your stat gains from most scaling monsters are calculated as if the monster's attack were equal to your character's buffed main stat (often subject to the same min/max caps as the monster's actual stats).
• Apart from the specific deviations listed below, these monsters are believed to, in every other respect, obey standard game mechanics.
• The Hovering Sombrero often gives bonus stats based on Monster Level even for monsters with a fixed XP. (Using a sombrero against tower guardians is therefore quite lucrative.)

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• At least one special monster, Baron von Ratsworth, is known to get harder the more times you ascend. It's not yet known precisely how this works, or if the same is true for the NS (probably), the bonerdagon (probably not), and other scaling monsters or bosses (probably not).

Shadow Notes

• Your shadow deals a set number of damage each turn, equal to:

(90-100 + (Max HP/6), rounded up)

Naughty Sorceress Notes

• The Naughty Sorceress used to scale with your stats, but no longer does as of NS13.
• The Naughty Sorceress halves your familiar weight, occasionally heals for 100 HP in battle, and will restore lost monster levels if her monster levels have been reduced more than 5 ML (first form) or 7 ML (second form).
• The Naughty Sorceress blocks skills and spells at a base rate of 50%. The skill block rate (and possibly the item drop rate as well) drops after you lose to her (not running away) several times. It's assumed that she blocks items at a base rate of 25%. Normal weapon attacks are not blocked.
• If your attack is blocked (or if both items are blocked if you are funkslinging), your familiar will not get a chance to activate - its attack blocked as well. If you attack and are not blocked, but miss, your familiar is still given a chance to activate.

Bonerdagon Notes

• The Bonerdagon blocks items at about a 25% rate, skills at about a 50% rate, and never blocks normal attacks. It is assumed, but not proven, that the Bonerdagon and the NS have the same block mechanics.

History

• On September 18, 2013, the stat rewards from (most) scaling monsters were changed -- previously, they were calculated from the monster's attack (and therefore, indirectly, from your Moxie). After this change, the stat rewards were calculated as if the monster's attack were set to your character's main stat.

See Also

• Game Mechanics
• Monster Level